The Secret World of Dance Moms: Lifetime Contracts, Pop Careers & Exploitation 

Part 3 is even more unbelievable... stay tuned !!

Anyone who says Abby isn't abusive needs to look no further than Chloe. "If I can't throw them out, they can't quit. So no matter what I say to them they can't quit. So I just go for it." That's horrifying

The fact she called those girls fat considering how large she is is crazy!

I hate how Abby thinks these girls would be nothing without her. Woman, you'd be nothing without these girls!! I mean who were the ones dancing????

I still will never get over the racsim nia endured

I believe Abby not being able to walk anymore is her karma for the way she treated those poor girls and everyone else so horribly around her

*27:54* "Go. Stop crying. Stop acting like this." Ma'am, your 8 year old _little_ girl is in distress and needs love, comfort, and support. Instead, you're too worried about the status of your child in an evil show designed to exploit and abuse children. These people make me sick.

Chole had the talent to become an amazing professional dancer. I remember the episode where Chole and Maddy auditioned for that NYC ballet company (can't recall the name) and they ADORED Chole. Its heartbreaking that the abuse Abby heaped on her destroyed that potential.

Those kids worked 60 hours a week?? How the hell did this slip through the cracks of child labor laws?? WTAF? It's enraging and unacceptable! If it was due to a loophole via contract, that needs to be fixed as of years ago. Absolutely despicable.

Poor Chloe "I'm still a person." The fact that that little sweet girl even had to say that makes me angry.

I need an Americas Next Top Model video essay from yall

The audacity of Abby Lee Miller to call anyone else fat...

I'm at the beginning and one of the original producers is making it *very clear* that he chose the moms through *the moms* applying and Abby *insisting* that, no, it was her and her website's info that got the moms on the show is another level of delulu 🤣 Also, her blaming him for destroying her business. It's like, no girl, you did that all on your own

Looking back, Bryan Stinson and Jeff Collins are fucking creepy. They looked at a group of girls in **those** costumes doing **that** choreography and thought "Let's make a TV show about dancers at this age and their moms and 'expose' the dance competition world for everyone in the world to see."

*I'm glad there is some attention to how shady Melissa is. She always acted innocent and played the victim. But she was a real villain behind the scenes*

Abby said in an interview that Maddie was the only one training at the studio day in and day out instead of going to school. And that it was literally hid from Mackenzie. So messed up.

Idk how Abby miller managed to get passed the cancel culture unscathed, she’s like the roach that was here when the dinosaurs were here and is still here to see Covid today

when this aired live i remember i used to say "livid" instead of "livin on the dance floor" with the theme song, it just felt more fitting lol

I'm only in the contracts parts but this is horrible. They make them sign a 7 year contract and paying so little money when they were filming so many hours? Also imagine how horrible of a person can be knowing that Chloe was stuck with them so she make her life miserable, what a horrible human is Abby. She was horrible with the girls knowing all of them were stuck with her and they can't stop her.

I just feel so badly for these young girls. I hope they receive the compassion and heal from this nightmare. No child deserves this kind of treatment.

What sucks is that most sports for kids are like this. I was a wonderful ball player and my mother refused to kiss ass so I only played to score points then I was taken out. I use to beg my mom to kiss the coaches ass for me ): same with musical theater. All of it. It SHOULD be only based on talent but it’s not. It’s who’s parent gives the person in charge the most love. Not every parent CAN do that & the kids take the brunt of it all.. imagine punishing a child to punish to parent. And what’s worse is that even the kids who get the dances, the game, the solo…. They get bullied by other parents and other kids because their parent kissed ass. It’s such a cyclical thing in sports. Do better

That one mom (Ashley ?) defending the producers, saying they were "just doing their job" is letting them off the hook too easily imo. The show runners/ producers were always the ones in control & they created circumstances that made for entertaining tv, but also left these kids with lifelong issues.

The editing on this is insanely good. Graphic design is definitely someone's passion. Lol

Chloe was my favorite. It’s so sad that she abused Chloe just to spite her mother. Even back then it was obvious Abby took out her frustrations on Chloe and it wasn’t right. I think Christie did her best to protect Chloe. I hope Chloe thrives in life.

I can’t believe Abby isn’t in jail for the rest of her life! She abused, and neglected children in her studio for years! Caused severe psychological trauma and distress that will follow them, maybe for the rest of their lives.

That’s like the MOST epic dance moms intro ever

Yes the producers couldn’t care less about what damaging effects this was having on the children, they made those children’s lives miserable but the mothers weren’t innocent either. When it comes to my children, you think that I’m going to sign a contract regarding their future, without first speaking to them and second going to a lawyer! If I did something that irresponsible and any of my children were spoken to and made to work and cry that much, they can all sue me and take me to prison because there’s nothing on earth worth allowing any children to be abused in this way.

I remember when she had zero sympathy for Nia when she was in a wheelchair so it's hard to sympathize for Abby

That rendition of "I Need a Doctor," at the beginning was just perfection

When we getting part 3!? Gasping!

I dont know if i feel worse for maddie for having all the pressure on her to be the best and constantly scared of disappointing abby or the rest of the girls for never being able to even compare to maddie in the eyes of abby and got belittled every episode, which in turn drove a clear wedge between them and maddie☹️ poor poor kids man😓

Everyone talks about Chloe but no one brings up the actual "underdog"-Nia!! She was treated horribly on and off the show and was hardly ever getting dances. At least Chloe got dances! And at the reunion, everyone barely talked about Nia...

the production quality of your videos is so so good. the effort shows. love the channel

The moms are just as guilty as Lifetime and Abby for letting their daughters be exploited and abused.

I NEVER CLICKED ON A VIDEO SO FAST 😂😂😂😂. And I was watching dance moms herselfff

i feel so bad for all of them but especially chloe! not only was she put against her best friend every single episode but even when she was clearly doing her best or was the clear winner that competition, she still hardly ever received credit. And im glad she had a mother so head strong and not afraid of abby especially at the end when abby made fun of a CHILD’S eye and christi said we’re done we don’t need this s*** anymore.

What she said about Camryn hurt my heart so much. I didn’t know she said that to her. Omg my heart hurts for her. You could tell that still bothered her.

How are you guys not at a million subscribers yet?!!! You definitely deserve it!!

Such a toxic and stressful environment to be in.. especially for children.

I've literally never seen this show and I am so, so engrossed by this.

Imagine not being able to QUIT

It BAFFLES me that these women signed contracts without lawyers first looking over them. How could they be so naive and so careless with their children's time? Executives telling you "if you don't sign this you're not on the show" is their way of pressuring one into signing a contract that likely benefits them more than anymore. It's a HUGE red flag. Maybe had they been smart and got lawyers they wouldn't of ended up contractually obligated to keep their kids in such a toxic and abusive environment for years and years. Their choice was hasty, irresponsible and reckless.

I hope the exploitation of children & extremely predatory practices the genre is guilty of gets fixed. Legally. No one should be able to sign a contract for over a YEAR without negotiation conditions for reasons like this.

Even though Chloe didn’t get EVERYTHING that Maddie did, she STILL managed to come in first!!

Idk how so many people watched this show. Literally horrific treatment of children. Yalls videos are THE best!! So thorough and the editing is perfection 😻

You should do a documentary on Colleen Ballinger and her awful behaviour

finally!!! i purposefully didnt watch part 1 until part 2 was here because I am impatient so now I got my evening planned :)

Chloe was such a beautiful dancer, I always loved her numbers the most

This show is why my niece when goes to dance class, goes there alone. The parents aren’t allowed in the dancing room while the kids are practicing. You get them there, wait until they get in the class and then u leave. You’re allowed to come back when they have finished the lesson. Once a year you can go and see how they do the lessons, but only once a year. This way the kids are focusing on what they’re doing and if a parent has a problem, goes to the teacher and speak privately after the lesson.

Abby has a lot of nerve calling the children fat when she looked the way she looked then and still to this day

I remember in a video Abby said that the reason the other songs Kendall did why they were never released was that the record company who produced the songs stole them and ghosted her (allegedly)

The Selena edit was everything💅 0:49

Deep Dive intros are always so iconic

Abby is the villain of this show, there's no argument there but the true root of the evil on this show was definitely the Producers. They all have no souls for the way they destroyed the childhoods of these girls.

Part two is going to jaw drop.

Bruh I’m disappointed every day I get on here and still no part 3.

A contract versus SEVEN years is INSANE! I feel so bad for the kids! Lifetime is trash! So is TLC!

PART 3 WHEN?? PLEASEEE ITS BEEN SO LONG!!

It's not the anger of the people on camera that brews drama. It's the producers who do that like a puppeteer to a puppet.

Melissa is soooo shady and I really don’t like her. Can’t wait for part 3.

Yes! Part 1 was phenomenal 👏🏾

I'm sorry but there's no way I can excuse the parents that put their children through stuff like this thinking "stardom" will make their life. I just can't is not fair for the children..

melissa should apologize to maddie and kenzie ngl

I believe the parents hold the most fault. They failed their children by blindly signing contracts promising their children to these people without even properly reviewing them first. And they wonder why Abby was alway calling them mentally challenged 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦‍♀️they sold their kids for fame

It’s not cool to body shame but the mom that keeps calling her fat is HILARIOUS

I was disappointed by the Dance Moms reunion and the BS they tried selling us saying the moms were good at getting the girls out of the room when fights broke out. Like what?! No you didn't. I can recall multiple times when the moms were saying terrible things about one another and screaming at one another in front of their children while their kids sat there listening in tears. I was so confused by the narrative they were trying to push as if they went above and beyond to protect those kids in those moments. They didn't and we watched.

As a Mom, I’m not sure I could let my child go through this. I would quit and have my child take 6 years off…this is way beyond crossing the line.

omg, I'm triggered by Abby... i'm about to trauma dump here. let's go. I used to have violin classes since when I was 8 to 13 years old. i had a teacher like her. it was something else... her constant outbursts, scolding, raising her voice, mood swings intertwined with praise... i couldn't bear it anymore and i started to riot: i skipped classes, turned off telephone line to stop her from calling my home number every day, ignoring and hiding from her around town. she was saying i have a huge potential to become a wonderful violinist. but i didn't need it... this situation ended with me and my mom coming to her office. she made herself a victim, made a scene, cried like a child, and blamed me for my stubbornness and not wanting to keep playing an instrument. my mom sided with her. I was broken. Please, don't make your child do something they don't want to do. And that's okay. there are plenty of this one could do. And don't let anyone disrespect your child and yourself.

Abby was awful but all the blame shouldn't be placed on her! Lifetime , Collin's Avenue, the producers, etc., should all be charged with abuse! I never watched shows like this b/c I can't stand them, including family vloggers/influencers! I also block ppl who constantly post their kids on social media! Let kids be kids and have lives w/o the judgement of the cameras! Life's hard enough w/o your life being put out there for the whole world to see and judge!!!!!!

The way the male producer was drooling over the pictures of the little girls was more than creepy af, especially what we know about the entertainment industry.

u guys make absolutely gorgeous docs like genuinely they could air u on hbo

It sounded like the AHS intro at first 💀 that would be fitting

Been looking forward to this massively. Will be watching it straight after I am done helping someone in their huge live TikTok battle.

yall truly eat these videos up… I love the deep dives and now a deep dive on my favorite show!!! Crying from happiness

Why did mothers do this to their children?! How much do you have to hate your child to put them through this?

This opening is everything

As someone who never watched Dance Moms during its prime time era, this was a frickin roller coaster.

A full hour 😭 you are so generous!

I've been in a rabbit hole of watching all of your videos the last week or so (from years ago) and I never realised until this recent upload *and can't even believe* you aren't a multimillion subscribed to channel! Top quality videos for years!!!

....my mum let me climb trees, make mud pies, and generally be a kid. I feel for these kids. edit: damn man, they're just little kids! Back the f off and give them a break 🤬

How was this legal. This is why people outside of the US think you're all insane

literally pausing to say - your intros & edits are SO GOODDD

Only in the first minute and this editing ate 💯

Your intros never fail to deliver

The production company and the TV network need to be brought up on childhood endangerment charges.

Abby always went on how the girls need her to get were they are today but It goes both ways, without each other nobody would be were they are today, Abby needed the girls and the girls needed Abby

this channel deserves millions of subscribers because it’s original and im in love with the editor ❤❤❤

Nice use of Ginger Fox at 23:44.

Editing is outrageous, good job yall

What's funny is Christy never got called out for her mean girl behavior or her affairs and drooling over younger men drunk and sloppy in front of the world. Nia, Maddie and Kinzie showed their class not coming back. This toxic crutch that they desperately had to heal from.

I’ve never even seen dance moms and I am enthralled by this series. You guys did such a good job! So much drama! Those poor kids. I can’t wait for part 3!

I have berm waiting SO long. Thank you!!

OMG yassss!!! Been WAITING for part 2!! Continuously been updating youtube to see if it posted, since a week (to the hour) after part 1. 😂😂😂

Thank you for explaining the contracts! I loved watching this show in college but was ALWAYS baffled as to why these people would stay season after season. It def makes sense now and ugh, it's really sad! Loving this series and can't wait for P3.

52:18 “I know storm out, we love it” Christie is a LEGEND Lmfaooooo

this was soooo good omg. looking forward to pt 3 !

May I just say i am so excited when your channel post a vid and I look forward to watching anything you guys create as it is so entertaining and obsessed with the topics you go over. Love your work and keep it up!! 🩷

Sooooo glad you're covering this!!!

Weird timing. I JUST discovered this show a couple nights ago and have been binge watching it since. I feel bad for liking it so much because Abby and the moms are SO toxic. These girls are so talented and I hope they emerged from that toxicity unscathed.

From the editing to the commentary, this video and this entire series is ABSOLUTE GOLD! New subscriber & fan here